WASHINGTON -- This is the time of year that college basketball teams will grasp onto anything that can give them a lift.
For Michigan, coming together when the team plane skidded into a ditch Wednesday may have made the club a Cinderella story.
Another Midwest team in the Big Ten Conference tournament -- No. 24 Wisconsin -- may be drawing on a recent players-only meeting.
"We are playing better, so if that means joy has been found, then so be it. I like the way they're playing though," head coach Greg Gard said after his team beat Indiana 70-60 on Friday night in the conference quarterfinals.